Determine assessment resources

Choose the assessment resources that are suitable for your organization

Organizational Review

A review of existing policies and practices related to the protection of your employees' psychological health, this is the first step toward determining the extent to which your workplace is psychologically safe.

This is suitable for your organization if:

Your organization has fewer than 25 employees

Your organization has recently conducted an employee survey

Organizational or procedural barriers make it difficult to carry out a survey at this time

Initial Scan

A 6-item employee questionnaire that indicates to what extent your employees are stressed or satisfied at work. This Initial Scan can be used as a precursor to, or if you are unable or hesitant to use, the more comprehensive Survey.

This is suitable for your organization if:

You want a quick snapshot of stress/satisfaction and mental health culture at your organization

Your organization has recently conducted an employee survey that did not include any assessment of stress/satisfaction and mental health culture at work and at this time you want only a general overview

There are concerns about the cost, resources or logistics required to have employees complete the more comprehensive Survey

Organizational Review + Survey

This is the recommended approach. Conduct the Organizational Review plus the Survey if you are seeking a comprehensive psychosocial risk assessment. You must complete both in order to generate a Comparison Report that incorporates both employer and employee perspectives.

Guarding Minds at Work was commissioned by the Great-West Life Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace, funded by Great-­West Life Assurance Company through The Key to Giving™ national corporate citizenship program of Great­West Life, London Life and Canada Life, and developed by researchers from the Centre for Applied Research in Mental Health and Addiction (CARMHA).